vaunt
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verb (used with object)
1.
to speak vaingloriously of; boast of: to vaunt one's achievements.
verb (used without object)
2.
to speak boastfully; brag.
noun
3.
a boastful action or utterance.
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vaunt (vɔːnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to describe, praise, or display (one's success, possessions, etc) boastfully |
| 2. | rare, literary or (intr) to use boastful language; brag |
| —n | |
| 3. | a boast |
| 4. | archaic ostentatious display |
| [C14: from Old French vanter, from Late Latin vānitāre to brag, from Latin vānus | |
| 'vaunter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
vaunt
mid-14c., from M.Fr. vanter "to praise, speak highly of," from L.L. vanitare "to boast," frequentative of L. vanare "to utter empty words," from vanus "idle, empty" (see vain).
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Example sentences
We are subject to fevers of provincialism which make us vaunt ourselves unduly and to chills of colonialism which make up un-.
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